“For relatives, the forensic images may form an integral part of the narrative they will develop to make sense of their loved one’s death.”
Read “Seeing the unseeable: how viewing crime scene photos can be beneficial,” an article in The Conversation by Kate Rossmanith from MMCCS, co-written with Hugh Dillon and Jane Mowll.
http://theconversation.com/seeing-the-unseeable-how-viewing-crime-scene-photos-can-be-beneficial-90851
Kate Rossmanith’s film on the same topic, Unnatural Death, is featured on The Guardian this week.
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PRESENT TRACES is a series of films produced by Macquarie University and featured on the Guardian linked by the use of archive material. Watch the second film of the series, UNNATURAL DEATH, written, directed, and narrated by Kate Rossmanith. .
The writer Kate Rossmanith looks at the surprising ways in which bereaved relatives view the forensic images associated with the sudden death of loved ones. Unnatural Deaths combines Australian crime-and-accident scene photos with the experiences of police photographers, coroners, social workers, and, most importantly, victims’ families, to explore the strange effects of grief and remorse. .
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